The 1940 Detroit Lions season was their 11th in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 6–5, winning only five games.1940 Detroit Lions They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.

Due to a dispute between new Lions owner Fred Mandel and Detroit Tigers owner Walter Briggs, the Lions played the entire 1940 home schedule at University of Detroit Stadium.Charlie Sanders, Larry Paladino, Charlie Sanders's Tales From the Detroit Lions, 2005, p. 150.

Offseason NFL Draft

Roster 1940 Detroit Lions final roster Backs 34 Bill Callihan RB/CB/T   3 Lloyd Cardwell RB/CB 21 Jack Morlock WB 23 Paul Moore RB/CB/LB   6 Kent Ryan RB/CB/P   9 Bill Shepherd FB/LB 36 Dwight Sloan FB/CB 22 Fred Vanzo RB/CB   5 Howie Weiss FB/LB 24 Whizzer White RB/S/K/P

Linemen/Linebackers 37 Cotton Price TB/QB/DB 42 Tony Calvelli C/LB 13 Clem Crabtree G/DG/T/DT 26 Bill Feldhaus G/DG 38 Tony Furst T/DT 25 Johnny Hackenbruck T/DT 16 Jack Johnson T/DT 28 Bill Radovich G/DG   8 Sam Tsoutsouvas C/LB 33 Harry Smith T/DT 43 Harry Speelman G 15 Cal Thomas T/DT 48 Socko Wiethe G/DG 40 Bob Winslow DE 30 Alex Wojciechowicz C/LB Ends/Receivers 32 Dave Diehl C 10 Bill Fisk E/DE 57 Glenn Morris E 12 Chuck Hanneman K 35 Stillman Rouse LE

Reserve Paul Szakash RB/S (inactive)

rookies in italics

Regular season Schedule Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap Sources 1 September 15 at Chicago Cardinals T 0–0 0–0–1 War Memorial Stadium 18,048 Recap 2 September 22 Pittsburgh Steelers L 7–10 0–1–1 Dinan Field 15,310 Recap 3 September 29 Cleveland Rams W 6–0 1–0–1 Dinan Field 15,347 Recap 4 October 5 Chicago Cardinals W 43–14 2–0–1 Dinan Field 20,619 Recap 5 October 13 at Chicago Bears L 0–7 2–1–1 Soldier Field 34,217 Recap 6 October 20 at Green Bay Packers W 23–14 3–1–1 City Stadium 21,001 Recap 7 October 27 Washington Redskins L 14–20 3–3–1 Dinan Field 28,809 Recap 8 November 3 at Cleveland Rams L 0–24 3–4–1 Cleveland Stadium 18,881 Recap 9 November 10 Chicago Bears W 17–14 4–4–1 Dinan Field 21,735 Recap 10 November 17 at Philadelphia Eagles W 21–0 5–4–1 Shibe Park 6,327 Recap 11 November 24 Green Bay Packers L 7–50 5–5–1 Briggs Stadium 26,019 Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

References

External links 1940 Detroit Lions at Pro Football Reference 1940 Detroit Lions at jt-sw.com 1940 Detroit Lions at The Football Database